Chapter 5: The Predator and the Prey

As we split up, me and my team fought hard to keep out the aswangs outside. I kept on freezing Aswangs and making some projectiles with ice. Jeremy had already made three sentry guns who are hampering the aswangs by pelting them with bullets. Mike is scavenging scraps to use as bullets, throwing them with very good precision after using his ability to make it volatile. And Andrian just keeps on bullying the aswangs who stupidly comes his way.

The battle have ended moments later as the remaining aswangs and manananggals have retreated already. At the same time Michael, Karl, Fernando and Florenz have emerged from the building with some students in tow. Some of the students are still metamorphosed indicating that they are metas. One looks like a scaly humanoid, one has fur all over his body, another have some rocky exterior covering his skin and some that I couldn't recognize.

"Looks like you've done a good job here.", Karl commented. "How's the situation inside?", as I inquire them. They've told us that there are a bit more casualties inside than the ones we have back at our building.

As we are talking a voice boomed as it says "The prey could fight too? Let me show you how foolish you are!". We found the source of the voice, it is an aswang. But he clearly is different, none of the aswangs that we have encountered could talk. That's the reason why they're still sprawled in the dark. Plus the aswang is wearing a type of tribal outfit, the one reminiscent of a warrior's clothes. He had gather all the aswangs and manananggals who retreated earlier. He immediately ordered them to attack.

"Defend the building!", Michael bellowed as he turned his skin to steel. He charged the tribal aswang with a tackle. But the aswang dodged him and punched his side so hard he flew. The scene quickly shocked us and made us frown. Michael's defensive power is well known to us. His skin is so hard he can tank several of Mike's weaker "bombs" without flinching. On that point Andrian's fist have arriv uped, which the aswang have blocked by crossing his arms.

The aswang frowned upon impact. But unfortunately, it didn't hurt him much. At this point several of the normal aswangs have reached us. But the other students blocked them on their way and started several little skirmishes around us. Florenz have summoned a whiplike object. I'm guessing that is a "buntot ng pagi" or stingray tail, which is used to ward off or fight aswangs. Jeremy have also drawn the same thing which he had given to Fernando. Karl with a stingray at hand too, teleported out of vision. Mike is now holding unto a fist sized rock, he is without a doubt charging the rock and is looking for a chance to throw it off unto the aswang. While I created several icicle spears which I let fly to the aswang. "You really think that the prey could beat the predator?", the aswang have asked with clear annoyance to his face. He dodged most of our attacks but several of them hit their targets.

"Of course! Even the prey could fight back against the predators!", I confidently answered.

Karl teleported behind him to whip him with his stingray tail, but he is expecting it. He dodged it and tried to counter but Fernando reached him already with his magnificent speed. The aswang has no choice but to call off his attack. It was then that Mike had thrown his rock. The rock made a big explosion which swept him. The aswang moved again with his injuries building up his guard up against his preys.

He didn't notice anyone until it touched him. I've touched him on his shoulders. His shoulder freezed then and there. Frightened for his life he tried to flee, but to this point none of his plans work out. As he widens the distance away from us, he's suddenly grabbed by a strong hand. He has stupidly closed the distance on someone whose close combat is his strength. Michael had grabbed him and tossed him to Andrian, who happily punched him in the face with his powerful fists. He crash landed on the pavement face first with a loud bang.

The Metas after seeing what happened was filled with renewed strength. While the aswangs upon seeing the scene was quickly filled with dread and fear. They suddenly ran and fled for their lives. But I don't care about that. I quickly ran to the gangbanged aswang and froze his body.

"Even preys have their own defensive mechanisms that can endanger a predator, stupid."